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March 28th, 2008
by Mickii DePorter
Although the name sounds tame, “sweetners” contain a deadly neurotoxin that is anything but sweet. Aspartame is added to over 9,000 foods, but it is not fit for human consumption. Once in the body, this toxic additive changes into formaldehyde, and is linked to migraines, seizures, vision loss, and symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and other health-destroying conditions.
Do you remember the frogs you dissected back in high school that had that eye-watering stench? That was formaldehyde preserving the frog’s tissues for dissection. Do artificial sweeteners still sound tasty? Since aspartame is sweeter then sugar, it is normally found as a common ingredient in “diet” foods. Ironically, it actually contributes to weight gain! The aspartame causes a craving for carbohydrate.
Ever drank a product with aspartame in it and then either drank or ate something and still tasted sweetness? That’s because it’s a brain drug that makes you THINK what you are eating tastes sweet. Its one of the many reasons why there is a craving for the carbohydrates and weight gain. Go ahead, try it for yourself. The FDA consistently refuses to retest the evidence. They refuse to shut down businesses that bring in revenue in the trillions worldwide. The American Bottlers Association even discouraged the approval of aspartame when it was first tested, but the FDA still approved it.
Air pilots avoid aspartame altogether because they know the dangers behind it. At 86 degrees, it breaks down to it’s poison constituents (Aspartic Acid 40%, Phenylalaine 50% and Methanol 10%). Aspartic Acid excites your brain neurons to death, leading to dead brain cells and nerve damage. Just for those of you who don’t know, your stomach is at 86.3 degrees. Another little tidbit to impress the dinner table.
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March 7th, 2008
by Mickii DePorter
Let’s play a game: What spikes your blood sugar, surges insulin, promotes diseases, speeds the process of calories turning to body fat and has little affect on your appetite? Sorry, vegetarians - it isn’t meat, it’s refined foods.
Refined foods are fiberless plant foods that have been denatured and stripped of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other vital nutrients. Basically imitations of natural foods, they are devoid of any nutritional value that does not satisfy hunger and just causes major damage to your health. Examples of refined foods are white flour, wheat flour, pastries, white pasta, white rice, French fries and chips, all of which consist of simple carbohydrates.
What you should be looking for are foods enriched with complex carbohydrates. For those on a “low carb” diet, people are trading in those complex carbohydrates, which is a definite offset for a healthy diet due to the fact they are just trading one problem for another. Their diets are lacking nutrients, particularly antioxidants and vitamins only found in plant foods that are essential for good health. These carbohydrates enrich health, maintain blood sugar levels, and keep you feeling full longer because they contain natural fiber and all natural nutrients, thus keeping you away from constant trips to the buffet line.
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February 1st, 2008
by Mickii DePorter
With overwhelming scientific evidence that eating whole foods is healthier than a “meat and potato” diet, do you wonder why the government doesn’t promote it? The truth is they do, but only to such a minuscule extent that few notice. Compared to the billions of dollars spent promoting and subsidizing the meat and dairy industries, the vegetable and fruit industries get practically nil on promotion and subsidies. I’m sure you’ve heard “Got Milk?” and “Beef, i’s what for dinner” - but have you ever heard “Veggies, it’s the other white meat”? I doubt it.
In the early 20th century, the United States changed to a primarily meat-based diet because everyone considered it nutritionally beneficial. The government even backed the meat and dairy farms to promote these small businesses. With Americans believing this new diet they were consuming being the best diet in the entire world, something odd began to occur around the mid-century point. A wildfire of cancer and heart disease spread throughout the country. Americans were dying left and right. No one could understand why these new epidemics rose so quickly. It took 50 years for scientists to conclude that the meat-based, refined foods diet played a huge role in the causes of this dilemma.
Even after this late discovery, why hasn’t the government hastened the promotion and fully backed this research? The meat industry is a huge part of the economy. The industry also puts millions of dollars contributing to politician’s campaign finance money for additional promotions, thus putting more money into politician’s pockets. The government does not want to eliminate the jobs of millions of middle class Americans needed to keep these industries going throughout the country, but it won’t help educate the rest of the country about this epidemic.
In my opinion, it’s less about concern for the economy and more about population control. They just don’t subsidize healthy foods because they consider it unprofitable, politically and financially. Eating a healthier diet would also diminish the mammoth pharmaceutical and medical institutions. The subsidizing of meat industries has led to even the hamburger, one of the most expensive and less resourceful foods in the world, to become dirt cheap. If we so happen to relinquish such subsidies, there would be no more $1 burgers and our diets would return to the diet of our 18th century ancestors of less meats and unrefined, whole foods who suffered less to cancers and when heart disease was practically unknown.
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January 25th, 2008
by Mickii DePorter
The United States has undergone many transformations over the decades,and more than just in the fields of technology and politics: the public’s ideals and opinions have changed as well. Obesity has become one of the United States’ worst epidemics. Now, parents are even in denial that they or their kids are actually obese. With about two-thirds of the population overweight or obese, has our cultural ideal of what we consider “normal weight” changed?
The epidemic is especially bad for the youth of America. Obese children run the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol problems and other ailments more commonly found in adults. And overweight children are likely to grow up to be overweight adults. I don’t want to hear this heredity nonsense about how your child is only obese because you are obese and it is not their fault. The only thing you passed down is the same poor diet that made you overweight. A study also showed that populations in the South tends to have a higher percentage of obesity. I’m pretty sure fried foods, especially chicken, are found as much as Starbucks at every corner, but with different businesses of course.
There are easy ways to trim the fat. Schools, gasoline stations and supermarkets are lined with foods and beverages that should be avoided, like energy drinks and potato chips. You can also use less oils and stick to whole foods. It all tastes the same, believe me. Stick to the old-fashioned, unrefined diets of whole foods that has fewer calorie intake but still fills you up. Refined foods take longer for you to actually feel full - the reason why you gain weight. Americans tend to push problems off to the side and force themselves to believe its ok because everyone else is.
Ingredient labels are there for a reason. Look for anything that is ten percent or less calorie-to-fat count. And stay away from all fast food. Even McDonalds salads (which they promote as “healthy”) are just like eating a double cheeseburger. It’s the oils that are in dressing my friend, which nothing but one hundred percent fat. Sneaky bastards. Unfortunately, its not just McDonalds that does it. Be a little more in tune with what you consume, or don’t be surprised when your child has a heart attack at the age of 25.
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January 14th, 2008
by Mickii DePorter
Why must the public give in to such ludicrous ideas on how to lose weigh? The most known diet doctors themselves have been overweight. The Atkins, Zone, South Beach, and all other diets that involve high protein intake all contribute to heart disease, osteoporosis and common cancers, not to mention smaller, less fatal results. Some of the diets you hear about end up costing $3,000 for little results and a yo-yo cycle effect, where you basically lose weight and end up packing the pounds on again.
I understand that when people hear about these so-called “Miracle Diets” promising immediate weight loss, they start taking their wallets out right away. I guess if I saw a pill on the market to improve my IQ immediately I would definitely buy it (that was sarcasm and an innuendo; if you so happen not to understand it, I feel sorry). If anything, you should focus more on increasing your complex carbohydrates intake and eating less animal protein. I’m not stating you should become vegetarian, but eating the cholesterol and lack of fiber really adds to the pounds. The cholesterol build-up clogs in your blood vessels and arteries, which prevents oxygen from completely flowing throughout your body.
“High protein” is just a euphemism for “high fat” in the diet world. The Atkins diet alone is 60 percent fat. Maybe if you stopped eating so much fast and refined foods, you might just lose some weight. I could go on for days, but this topic is really giving me a headache. Stop spending extra money on diets that are just scams. Here’s my diet: eat healthier.
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